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	<title>Sketches of Life</title>
	<link>http://www.michemaylee.com</link>
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		<title>New Life Begins Today</title>
		<description><![CDATA[All of a sudden I felt a huge yoke was placed on my shoulder. Can I stand up? I can but for how long I am not sure but I am trusting that God will lift that yoke soon. How soon, only He knows. 
Have to live life to the simplest now. 
I can forget [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michemaylee.com/2008/07/08/new-life-begins-today/</link>
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		<title>Bench Evolved</title>
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Look what has become of the bench that the men made. It has evolved into a small low table!
In order not to waste the other half of the trunk and also the left over trunk, the men make use of them and built a table with the other trunk as benches!

MIL and the maid weaved [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michemaylee.com/2008/07/07/bench-evolved/</link>
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		<title>Fruitful Sunday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today is really a fruitful Sunday. We had fruit feast and some work are done around the house.

The men cut down a coconut tree because it was too near to the durian tree; a bridge for the squirrel to cross over. Then they made a bench using the coconut trunk. Now we have a bench [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michemaylee.com/2008/07/06/fruitful-sunday/</link>
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		<title>About Facial and Cosmetics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After 3 years I finally managed to get my blackheads thoroughly pressed out (almost), my face massaged, cleansed and masked. Yes! I went for a facial with my last pay! My face was itching (literally) to get the facial done as soon as possible. For the past one week, my face really itches even after [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michemaylee.com/2008/07/06/about-facial-and-cosmetics/</link>
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		<title>Yellow Rambutan</title>
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In a few days the above Rambutan will rest in peace in my tummy! It is juciy, crunchy and the flesh does not get stuck in between your teeth. That is why I only eat the Yellow rambutan from this tree! We have Red Rambutan too but they are not red yet, till green.
The fruit [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michemaylee.com/2008/07/04/yellow-rambutan/</link>
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		<title>More Opportunities with SocialSpark</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are grinning your teeth each time you login PPP to see all available opps are in grey, you should sign up for SocialSpark. There are more opportunities there for PR0 bloggers because they look at your RealRank and the advertiser links comes with NoFollow meaning the advertiser is not buying your Page Rank. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michemaylee.com/2008/07/04/more-opportunities-with-socialspark/</link>
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		<title>I am feeling&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nervous, Scare, Worried, Uncertain and very stressful too.
My gastric juice is oozing out now. It normally does when I am in stress!
Manage to de-stress for a lil while just now, watched Hancock at GSC, Mahkota Parade.
My heart beats so fast when I open my email.
I received yet another bad news&#8230;my whole body felt so lifeless.
Looking [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michemaylee.com/2008/07/03/i-am-feeling/</link>
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		<title>Comfy Shoes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I love wearing high heels because it makes my legs look longer and slender and of course to make me taller too because I am only 5’2”.
Unfortunately due to health reason, I can’t wear high heels anymore. Sometimes I still wear them but I will suffer pain on my right abdomen after that. I am [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michemaylee.com/2008/07/03/comfy-shoes/</link>
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		<title>Branding</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We named our internet cafe &#8220;Starhawk&#8221; because it was hubby online nickname. To us it is a very unique name. Unfortunately because our shop is opposite a hypermarket, our customers do not refer to our shop&#8217;s name. Hubby overhead their tele-conversation with their friend when asking for their whereabout. They will tell them that they [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michemaylee.com/2008/07/03/branding/</link>
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		<title>Parking Coupon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Since I need to TT the maid&#8217;s salary, and never done that by myself before, I left home at 9.45am and make sure I reach the bank by 10am!  I also helped hubby by doing his banking too. All those are done within half and hour. Well, at least I utilised the coupon, so [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michemaylee.com/2008/07/02/parking-coupon/</link>
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		<title>Art &#038; Drawing on The Wall</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am in awe every time I see the paintings on the wall of the art &#038; drawing class that my eldest attends. They are really creative bunch of people. How I wish I am like them. Once a upon a time I love to draw and to paint. I did well with sceneries but [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michemaylee.com/2008/07/02/art-drawing-on-the-wall/</link>
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		<title>Lost in Dates</title>
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Take a look at the date on the cheque. I wrote that this morning to pay my girls kindy fee and half yearly books. At that time, I thought I only got the month wrong. Today is July already; not June!

Then later at 10am, I brought my maid for a hair cut. That&#8217;s my parking [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michemaylee.com/2008/07/01/lost-in-dates/</link>
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		<title>Wedding Favors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Those days I don&#8217;t hear about wedding favors during wedding. Now, this western culture has slowly creeps into our wedding culture; which add more cost the already expensive wedding. Anyway, the marrying couple will still spend with the rational that it is only one in a lifetime; if you don&#8217;t divorce and re-marry lar. =P
If [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michemaylee.com/2008/07/01/wedding-favors/</link>
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		<title>Not All Businessman is Rich</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Running your own business is very challenging. You have to be prepared not earning a single cent. That is much better and facing a lost. Praise God for His blessings that since we started our business, we did not face any losses; just no take home income for hubby. Yes! I was the sole bread [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michemaylee.com/2008/07/01/not-all-businessman-is-rich/</link>
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		<title>How to Kill Live Crabs</title>
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For the first time in my life, I saw so many live crabs in my kitchen sink, thanks to The Chef. Not only I had crabs for lunch, dinner and breakfast, I learned a new skill on how to take the life of a crab! I killed so many crabs on that day!

To kill a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michemaylee.com/2008/06/30/how-to-kill-live-crabs/</link>
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		<title>Study or Make Money</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Before I resigned, I was thinking that I might have free time at home to continue my studies. As I was going through the online college courses, I was thinking whether to pursue a master degree, another 2nd degree or just get a TESL diploma.
Now that I am at home, jobless without any fixed income, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michemaylee.com/2008/06/29/study-or-make-money/</link>
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		<title>A New Chapter Starts Today</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today marks the beginning of a new chapter in my life. I am officially a Stay At Home Mom (SAHM). Well, not just stay, I work at home too as long as there is opportunity to do so.
Well, I am feeling a lil bit scare and worried actually seeing this month&#8217;s income (online) which is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michemaylee.com/2008/06/28/a-new-chapter-starts-today/</link>
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		<title>Breaking the Silence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have been silence from this blog for 3 days again. Sign that I am upset again!
Nothing to do with family issue. I can&#8217;t wash dirty linen in the public. =P
It has something to do with my previous post. Have you heard of internet bully? We all know about road bully right. Well, I came to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michemaylee.com/2008/06/28/breaking-the-silence/</link>
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		<title>My Name is Michelle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not &#8216;Michelle&#8217;.
Someone didn&#8217;t believe that my name is Michelle!
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		<link>http://www.michemaylee.com/2008/06/25/my-name-is-michelle/</link>
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		<title>Pressure &#038; Counselling</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I can feel the pressures in the office just now. The ISO auditor gave the final warning to my boss about the various non-conforming factors that the company has failed to rectify especially in the area of QC and Production. Well, that is expected because they are so used to doing things the old way. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michemaylee.com/2008/06/25/pressure-counselling/</link>
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		<title>Lonely Durian</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Even though we have a few durian trees, only one bears fruit. The rest are still younglings. That is why we try to save as many durian possible from being attack by the squirrel.
After witnessing the killings of pest. I noticed one of the durian tree has only ONE durian.

The durian tree is very tall [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michemaylee.com/2008/06/24/lonely-durian/</link>
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		<title>Get Quote, Compare, Save and Learn about Car Insurance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[All this while I thought the cost of car insurance is fixed like road tax. Last month I tagged along hubby when he went to renew his road tax and car insurance. I was surprised to know that some insurance company offers a cheaper rate. So, of course we pick the cheap car insurance since [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michemaylee.com/2008/06/24/get-quote-compare-save-and-learn-about-car-insurance/</link>
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		<title>Biawak Komodo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is another pest that lives with us and eat our chicken and fishes in the pond.

The same BIL that shot the squirrel caught him near the pond. When I took the picture, he has not died yet. Just in fainted.

Wondering who is The Chef? The biawak is longer than him!
And NO, we don&#8217;t eat [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michemaylee.com/2008/06/23/biawak-komodo/</link>
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		<title>Setinggi Mana Tupai Melompat, Akhirnya Jatuh Ke Tanah Juga</title>
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Dead, beheaded and slaughtered.
Eldest BIL came with the shotgun and managed to shoot one squirrel down. I hope the rest of his gang will be terrified and not touch our durians anymore. We only have one tree that bears fruit.

We had Biology class too. BIL took out all the inner parts and telling his nieces [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michemaylee.com/2008/06/22/setinggi-mana-tupai-melompat-akhirnya-jatuh-ke-tanah-juga/</link>
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		<title>Itchiness on Face &#038; Legs Gone with Gloves In A Bottle</title>
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I received the Gloves In A Bottle shielding lotion more than a month ago. I didn&#8217;t really use it because I did not have any problem with my skin then. To know whether this shielding lotion works wonders too, it has to be tested on extreme condition. Not long after that I got skin allergy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michemaylee.com/2008/06/22/itchiness-on-face-legs-gone-with-gloves-in-a-bottle/</link>
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		<title>A Glimpse of Heaven</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Someone pinch me, please. &#8220;Ouch!&#8221; I am still here. I think I am in heaven! Look at what I had for lunch and dinner.

The Chef came back for a short holiday, bought 5 kilo of live crabs. Cooked them into 2 different dishes; Curry Crabs and Sweet &#38; Sour Crabs. Well, I didn&#8217;t get the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michemaylee.com/2008/06/21/a-glimpse-of-heaven/</link>
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		<title>Hiring Beautician</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My face felt so itchy for a few days already. I wonder whether it is the water or my hair that keeps poking my face that caused the itchiness. I so wanted to visit the beauty salon to get a quick facial to really clean my face from all impurities. I shall do it as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michemaylee.com/2008/06/21/hiring-beautician/</link>
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		<title>Protect Baby, Protect Mom</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I was young, while playing in my parent’s room, I found a small bottle with some kind of dried meat nicely wrapped with cotton. I asked my mom about it. She told me that it is my umbilical cord. I asked the purpose of her keeping it. She told me that it might be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michemaylee.com/2008/06/21/protect-baby-protect-mom/</link>
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		<title>LeRun Mountian Bike</title>
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Instead of Proton Persona, we terPersona with the LeRun Mountian Bike which does not need petrol to move.  Besides saving on petrol we will have nicer butt and legs.  
We bought the LeRun Avatar front suspension mountain bike with the petrol rebate that hubby claimed yesterday.
So, follow our footstep. Don&#8217;t go joli (spend) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michemaylee.com/2008/06/20/lerun-mountian-bike/</link>
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		<title>Radiator</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thank God after a few months using the new radiator, I didn&#8217;t face any problem of heating up. It was really scary driving with the children then seeing the temperature rising up. The thought that my car might explode with my children in it is super scary.
If I were to have a choice that day, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michemaylee.com/2008/06/20/radiator/</link>
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